GUATEMALA CITY – At least 50 people have been killed by landslides after Storm Eta’s torrential rain and high winds battered the Central American country.
President Alejandro Giammattei said around half the deaths were in a single town where a hillside collapse buried some 20 houses under thick mud.
Eta made landfall in neighboring Nicaragua as a hurricane on Tuesday.
It was later downgraded to a tropical storm.
Ongoing heavy rain has left rescue workers unable to reach one of the worst-affected areas, including the town of San Cristobal Verapaz, which is home to half of the reported casualties.
“Right now, we’re trying to get there on foot because there’s no other way,” Giammattei said.(BBC)
